Taking self portraits has always been a way for me to analyse who I am at different stages in my life.This portrait ‘Windellama Blues’ comes at a moment in my life when I feel my identity drifting away from me.Becoming a mother is a major part of this perception of myself. My life is no longer purely my own.

When I took this portrait I automatically gravitated to stand behind the tree. This unconscious motion speaks volumes about the way I currently see myself, and perhaps how others perceive me; Slowly, quietly being absorbed into the background.

Everybody has a masculine and feminine side to their face.Through the digital manipulation of two photographs I have halved my face and found my masculine and feminine side.Each half of my face once manipulated is completely symmetrical; though standing back from this artwork you might believe that both faces are two different people.With my images I want to ask what are the characteristics that make a woman look like a woman and a man look like a man. I also want to address and confuse issues such as gender identity and the roles we play because of the way we look.